Tag Archives: Jim Hightower

Mark Shriver

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Many Americans fondly remember the late R. Sargent Shriver, who founded the Peace Corps and accomplished so much else in improving the lot of people in this country and around the world. His son, Mark Shriver, writes in a new book for Father’s Day how faith and maintaining a balance in life are the important lessons his dad bequeathed.

Jim Hightower

Linda Killian

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A journalist and senior scholar at the Wilson Center, Linda Killian has written a book about a powerful third force in American politics – the independent, or swing, voters. They may not make up their minds in the presidential race until it is almost over, but they will, she says, make all the difference.

Marc Ginsberg

Marc Ginsberg, former ambassador to Morocco and senior vice president of APCO worldwide, discusses the ongoing conflict in Syria. Groups such as Amnesty International have been openly critical of the Syrian government’s decision to censor the media and allow conflict to continue in the country, but the Obama administration has been largely silent. Ginsberg looks at the administration’s response and what they should do next.

Senator Bernie Sanders

An interview by Bill Press with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Gang of Six’s budget proposal. He says their attacks on Social Security are unreasonable and gives us his take on the real causes of the deficit.

Jim Hightower

Hightower has edited the Texas Observer, directed the Texas Consumer Association, and served as the Texas Agriculture Commissioner for two terms. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries and publishes a monthly populist political newsletter, “The Hightower Lowdown.”

Don Fowler

Fowler served as Chair of the South Carolina Democratic Part for nine years from 1971-1980. In 1988 he was CEO of the Democratic National Convention. He was Chair of the Democratic National Committee during the 1996 election between Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.

Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the "powers that be on behalf of the powers that ought to be."

Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 90 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top.

As political columnist Molly Ivins said, "If Will Rogers and Mother Jones had a baby, Jim Hightower would be that rambunctious child — mad as hell, with a sense of humor."

To read his latest commentaries and subscribe to his monthly Hightower Lowdown, go to www.JimHightower.com.